89 HIV-1-infected individuals assisted by the Tropical Diseases Sector of the Botucatu School of Medicine - UNESP and 20 normal blood donors at the Botucatu Blood Bank.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

HIV-1-infected individuals

Over 18 years old

Sign the "written consent form" (WCF)

Exclusion Criteria:

Do not presenting other immunosuppression causes, such as neoplasias, transplantations

Do not presenting treatment by immunosuppressive substances

Do not presenting auto-immune diseases

Not be using any type of immunostimulating substances

Not at any time of gestation

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00831207